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From concrete to community: How synthetic data can make urban digital twins more humane
From concrete to community: How synthetic data can make urban digital twins more humane Urban digital twins are high-tech models of cities that replicate buildings, roads, and utilities, but often ignore how people use them, creating an incomplete picture. The solution to this problem lies in using synthetic data that closely approximates real people’s data, […]
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Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor – new tech makes it easier to target cooling projects
Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor – new tech makes it easier to target cooling projects Urban heat islands are areas within cities where temperatures are significantly higher than surrounding neighborhoods due to pavement, buildings, and lack of green spaces. New technologies are being used to identify […]
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